Frontiers in Medicine (Sep 2022)

An overlook on the current registries for rare and complex connective tissue diseases and the future scenario of TogethERN ReCONNET

  • Matilde Bandeira,
  • Matilde Bandeira,
  • Federica Di Cianni,
  • Diana Marinello,
  • Laurent Arnaud,
  • Sara Cannizzo,
  • Sara Cannizzo,
  • Claudio Carta,
  • Alain Cornet,
  • Sara M. Barril,
  • Inita Bulina,
  • Alessandro Ferraris,
  • João Fonseca,
  • João Fonseca,
  • Andrea Gaglioti,
  • Marteen Limper,
  • Valentina Lorenzoni,
  • Judith Majnik,
  • Marco Matucci-Cerinic,
  • Marco Matucci-Cerinic,
  • Marco Matucci-Cerinic,
  • Ilaria Palla,
  • Simona Rednic,
  • Matthias Schneider,
  • Vanessa Smith,
  • Vanessa Smith,
  • Alberto Sulli,
  • Alberto Sulli,
  • Klaus Søndergaard,
  • Simone Ticciati,
  • Angela Tincani,
  • Giuseppe Turchetti,
  • Rosaria Talarico,
  • Maurizio Cutolo,
  • Maurizio Cutolo,
  • Marta Mosca,
  • Domenica Taruscio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.889997
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9

Abstract

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BackgroundPatient registries play a crucial role in supporting clinical practice, healthcare planning and medical research, offering a real-world picture on rare and complex connective tissue diseases (rCTDs). ERN ReCONNET launched the first European Registry Infrastructure with the aim to plan, upgrade and link registries for rCTDs, with the final goal to promote a harmonized data collection approach all over Europe for rCTDs.MethodsAn online survey addressed to healthcare professionals and patients' representatives active in the field of rCTDs was integrated by an extensive database search in order to build a mapping of existing registries for rCTDs.FindingsA total of 140 registries were found, 38 of which include multiple diseases. No disease-specific registry was identified for relapsing polychondritis, mixed connective tissue disease and undifferentiated connective tissue disease.DiscussionThis overview on the existing registries for rCTDs provides a useful starting point to identify the gaps and the strengths of registries on the coverage of rCTDs, and to develop a common data set and data collection approach for the establishment of the TogethERN ReCONNET Infrastructure.

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